BARNABY-BRIGHT
\bˈɑːnabibɹˈa͡ɪt], \bˈɑːnabibɹˈaɪt], \b_ˈɑː_n_a_b_i_b_ɹ_ˈaɪ_t]\
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The day of St. Barnabas the Apostle, the 11th of June, which in old style was the day of the summer solstice, or as put by the old rhyme: "Barnaby-bright. the longest day and the shortest night." "The steward ... adjourned the court to Barnaby-bright that they might have day enough before them." - Addison.
By Daniel Lyons
Word of the day
dust storm
- a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand a windstorm that lifts up clouds dust or sand; "it was the kind of duster not experienced in years"